satisfactory
Speech parts
1. satisfactory - Noun
2. satisfactory - Adjective
3. satisfactory - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation.
Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology.
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Examples
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
To achieve satisfactory investment results is easier than most people realize; to achieve superior results is harder than it looks.
To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.
Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.